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Stop Abuses of The Pavement To Parks (aka Parklet) Program!

Stop Abuses of The Pavement To Parks (aka Parklet) Program!

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Started by Anonymous 13 years, 7 months ago
We, the undersigned, ask the SF Department of Public Works to deny the application for a proposed parklet to be located at 736 Divisadero Street. As residents of Divisadero Corridor, we are concerned about the ongoing infringement on public parking and the abuse of the Pavement To Parks program by local merchants who seem not to take into account resident’s own needs when proposing changes to the neighborhood.

On the program's website, under the section entitled Location Selection you mention the following as criteria for selection:

"Sizeable area of under-utilized roadway, and Lack of public space in the surrounding neighborhood"

There is already TWO other public-spaces (aka parklets) within a block in either direction of the proposed site. This would be the 3rd parklet in THREE BLOCKS (and is neither desirable nor integral to our community. Public spaces are generally good, but over implemented have the potential of being detrimental to the quality of life for the residents of this community.

Updates

February 10, 2013

The massive surge of momentum shows that the SF Department of Public Works cannot ignore our neighborhood any longer. These merchants are prioritizing their own profit over the residents who actually live here. We have forced them to acknowledge that enough is enough.

6 Comments

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Mike Snyder
13 years ago Featured

Parking is already a nightmare on Divisadero. We dont need another one of these taking up more spots when there are two right down the street.

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Elena Mills
13 years ago Featured

Seriously? We need the parking more than we need a third parklet. Think about the people actually living here for once.

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Sarah Hart
13 years ago Featured

Enough is enough. These things are just taking up space for business owners to expand their seating while we cant even park in front of our own apartments.

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David Velez
13 years ago Featured

3 in 3 blocks is way too many. get real. the neighborhood is getting crowded enough as it is.

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Jason Nichols
13 years ago Featured

Ridiculous. Stop giving away our street parking for glorified patios.

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Linda Cox
13 years ago Featured

This corridor is packed. I circled for 20 mins yesterday. Stop putting these things everywhere they dont belong!